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February 21st
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Genesis Computer Systems
Tech Tips and What's hot and
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Anti Virus's and Spyware Removal, Week of Feb
14th-21st
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Security
Alerts
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Quote of
the Week:
For every minute you are angry you lose sixty
seconds of happiness. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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TECH TIPS
Get Ready for a Big
Batch of Patches
On
February 8th (this month's "Patch Tuesday), Microsoft
plans to release a particularly big batch of patches and
fixes. There are thirteen security advisories slated for
release, and critical fixes for Windows Media Player,
MSN Messenger and Office are among them, as well as a
cumulative patch for IE vulnerabilities. Read more here:
Patches
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Beware the Bropia
and Bobax Worms
A new worm variant
called Bropia that can turn your computer into a
"zombie" (which can be used to attack other computers)
is being spread through MSN Messenger. The worm opens up
a "back door" through which hackers can get into your
system and installs a 'bot that can gather information,
including logging your keystrokes so the hacker will
know any passwords, credit card information and other
sensitive data that you typed into forms or Web pages.
The worm also sends copies of itself to your IM
contacts. Read more here: BROPIA
WORM BOBAX
WORM
The Bobax.H,
which spreads via e-mail that purports to contain a
picture of a dead Saddam Hussein. This one disables your
anti-virus software and installs a mail relay program
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PRODUCT OF THE
WEEK .
 DISKEEPER:
Diskeeper handles a primary cause of slow
computers. Fragmentation occurs when files are written
to your hard disk in separate chunks. Your drive has
many bits of storage space here and there; it’s not kept
in one big place. So when you save a file, the computer
divides it up and sticks these bits of your file
wherever they will fit. So the next time you open that
file, the computer must look in several places on your
drive to open the whole file.
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XP Reboots
Unexpectedly.
QUESTION:
Help! My Windows XP Pro computer will just
suddenly reboot for no apparent reason. How can I make
it stop? - Dan M.
ANSWER:
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could be happening. When a Stop error occurs, by
default XP is set to restart. This makes it hard
to troubleshoot the error. To change this
behavior, right click My Computer and click
Properties. Click the Advanced tab, and under
Startup and Recovery, click the Settings button.
Uncheck the box that says Automatically restart.
Click OK. This won't prevent the Stop errors,
but it will keep the computer from rebooting
when they happen. Now you can note the error ID
and try to troubleshoot the problem. Hardware
problems can also cause unexpected restarts, as
can power problems such as a very brief loss of
power. We recommend always plugging your
computer into a UPS (Uninterruptible Power
Supply).
Other possible causes include new device
drivers, viruses, and overheating (a common
cause is failure of the processor fan or power
supply fan). To help figure out whether it's a
software problem (Windows, a driver, a virus,
etc.) or a hardware problem, you can try
rebooting and entering Setup (CMOS) or booting
to MS-DOS from a floppy or to another operating
system if you have a dual boot configuration.
Wait a while and see if the computer still
restarts unexpectedly. If it does, you probably
have a hardware or heat problem. If not, it's
probably a problem with the software in
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2005
Genesis Computer Systems LLC. All rights
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